Stories Collected While Living in France

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The Fortune Teller

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Flashback 1989

Walking down the street in Paris, my path to the bakery was blocked by three fortune tellers. I looked at their brightly colored skirts and shawls, and smiled. One of them held her hand out for me to stop, whether I wanted to or not I had no choice as the other gypsy grabbed my hand, she looked into my eyes and in French said:

"LA PROCHAINE FOIS, C'EST UN GARCON!" (Next time it will be a boy!)

Right then and there my fortune was told…

I was pregnant,

with a girl,

and I would have a boy the next time.

Just like that on the way to the bakery, my buns were baked.

Comments

31 responses to “The Fortune Teller”

  1. Elaine L.

    Your comment regarding your buns being baked
    made me laugh out loud.
    ~elaine~

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  2. TACE

    haha, that was great. 🙂

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  3. Julie Ann

    You have a romantic soul Ms Amos, I can picture the scene on a cold misty morning. Peace, Jx

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  4. Jeanne

    Love and hugs and it was my good fortune to be introduced to you via our journals.
    Love you
    Jeanne

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  5. Darla

    Too funny! I love the image, is that metal?
    Darla

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  6. nancy

    chills up my spin corey! chills….
    xxnancy

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  7. Sheala

    Corey ~
    You are so cute and funny!!!
    XOXOXOXO,
    Sheala

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  8. Erin

    this made me smile…
    have a wonderful day corey.
    erin

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  9. Karin

    “My buns were baked.” made me spray Diet Coke all over my desk!! You must have been giving off some kind of vibe that day.

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  10. Patricia

    Oh I just LOOOOOVED your pun today! You are such an interesting writer & have a great blog. Nice to see you back in Paris and enjoying “regular” life with your immediate family.

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  11. Pat Spiller

    So. I am wondering. How does one say, in French that is, “my buns were baked” when the meaning is……well, you know……

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  12. Ed in Willows

    Isn’t it funny that fortune tellers are the same as weather men. They can be wrong half the time and still keep their jobs. Actually, I guess when you think about it, I guess both are the same profession.

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  13. Beachy

    Baked buns! And I thought they only served baguettes in Paris! =) Great post, Corey!

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  14. qualcosa di bello

    a genuine laugh-out-loud-moment!!!…thank you!

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  15. suzanne, the Farmer’s Wife

    That’s unbelievable! I just found a fortune telling machine in Hot Springs, Arkansas. His name was Zoltar.
    – Suzanne, the Farmer’s Wife

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  16. Dee/reddirtramblings

    Great story, Corey. Loved it.~~Dee

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  17. Rosemary

    Very mysterious,love it!!
    Have a great day Corey!!
    Rosemary

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  18. hayseed

    fortune tellers make me a little nervous, but I pride myself on being able to predict the gender of the baby someone will have (I’m usually right, but it’s only a fifty-fifty chance, isnt it? )

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  19. Patti Pie

    This seems like something that would happen to you. I didn’t have anyone do that to me when i was there. Fortune tellers are soo silly!!
    Love you soo much Aunt Coco
    ~patti pie

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  20. Kris

    My grandfather predicted all of my mom’s births (9). He always said it was in the eyes?? He was always right.
    Kris

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  21. Beverly

    Ha! What a great and witty way you have with words!
    I love your stories!

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  22. janie

    Hi,Corey,because you inspire me, I nominated you for the “I love your blog” award. I got mine from Karen at squarepegpeople.typepad.com. You can pick yours up at my blog – http://www.sacredartimages.blogspot.com on this page-
    http://sacredartimages.blogspot.com/2008/09/award-i-love-your-blog.html

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  23. Miss Sandy

    Thanks for the chuckle!

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  24. Terri

    She would have saved me a lot of time and effort buying and decorating for a girl. I got boys and boys and more boys! By the time I gave up on a girl, I finally got one! Go figure! LOL

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  25. Debbie in CA : )

    My dear friend,
    Thank you for the day-brightener on a saggy Monday. You are a masterful storyteller. [I giggle and run off to enjoy a chocolate in a bowl. Life is sweet when one can laugh in spite of it all.]

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  26. Denise Moulun-Pasek

    I love your sense of humour! I had a baby in 1989 too called Tristan and a second boy in 1992, Damien. Both are names easily pronounced in French, my native tongue and English, la langue de la majorité où j’habite and in Eastern Europe from whence my husband hails.
    Thank you for your wit and appreciation for beautiful things, you brighten my evenings when I come home from work.
    Denise

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  27. heather

    how funny!

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  28. Laura

    Love it! Thanks for the smile. NOW…any news on the “Love Story” that rocked France last year? M & E ???

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  29. Uberburber

    magical. I once was stopped by an old Chinese man who pointed to my belly and said “BOY.” It was a girl, but the next two were boys! We now joke that maybe, instead of telling my fortune, she was casting a spell on me!

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  30. deirdre

    A fortune teller came to my mother’s door when she was a teenager and told her she’d have six children and live in America. She always laughed at it until, in her forties, she had her sixth (surprise) child. Everything she’d been told came true.

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  31. Sage

    Hia Corey,
    I knew I would catch up with you someday. I hope your life is all you wish; I am blessed too!
    peace and love,
    sage

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